Do financial constraints matter for foreign market entry? A Firm-level examination

World Economy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-153

  Stiebale, Joel ^a  

^a RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; FIRM SIZE; HETEROGENEITY; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA;

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EID: 78751480481     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2010.01306.x     Document Type: Article

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